Iron Golem
Large construct- Challenge
- STR
- 7
- DEX
- −1
- CON
- 5
- INT
- −4
- WIS
- 0
- CHA
- −5
- Soak
- 4
- Fort
- +9
- Ref
- +7
- Will
- +0
Fire Absorption. Whenever the iron golem is subjected to fire damage, it takes no damage and instead regains an amount of health equal to the fire damage dealt.
Immutable Form. The iron golem is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form.
Magic Resistance. The iron golem has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Magic Weapons. The iron golem’s weapon attacks are magical.
Maneuvers. The iron golem uses maneuvers (maneuver save Difficulty 20). It has 30 stamina dice which are d8s, a dice limit of 5, regains all expended stamina dice when it finishes a long rest, and regains half its total stamina dice when it finishes a short rest. It knows the following maneuvers:
1 stamina die: bonecrush, debilitating crush, disorient, hammer through, hammering blow, hamstring, knockback, parry, slice through, spring attack, trip, whirling blade
2 stamina dice: tremoring strike
Actions (2)
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit. Hit: 20 (3d8 + 7) bludgeoning damage.
Sword. Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit. Hit: 20 (3d8 + 7) slashing damage, or 23 (3d10 + 7) slashing damage if used with two hands.
Poison Breath (Costs 2 actions; Recharge 5–6). The iron golem exhales poisonous gas in a 10-meter cone or line. Each creature in that area must make a Difficulty 18 Fortitude saving throw. On a failure, a creature takes 90 (20d8) poison damage and is poisoned for 1 minute. On a success, a creature takes half as much damage and isn’t poisoned. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Maneuvers
As an action, make a melee weapon attack that deals bludgeoning damage to crush the creature’s skeletal structure.
On a hit, add the stamina die to the attack’s damage and the creature must succeed on a Fortitude saving throw or it is slowed 1 until the end of its next turn.
On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.
On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.
Enhance
You can increase the damage for each additional stamina die expended and the slowed level by 1 for every two additional stamina die expended.
You can expend 1 additional stamina die so the creature is slowed for 1 minute/stamina die. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
As an action, make a melee weapon attack with a weapon that deals bludgeoning damage to debilitate the creature.
On a hit, add the stamina die to the attack’s damage and the creature must succeed on a Fortitude saving throw or it only deals half damage until the end of its next turn..
On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.
On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.
Enhance
You can increase the damage for each additional stamina die expended. This augment also causes the creature to be debilitated for 1 minute/stamina die. At the end of each of its turns, a debilitated creature can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success.
1 minute/stamina die
As an action, make a weapon attack to disorient the creature.
On a hit, add the stamina die to the attack’s damage and the creature must succeed on a Reflex saving throw or it can’t take reactions for the duration.
On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.
On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.
The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Enhance
You can increase the damage for each additional stamina die expended.
Stagger. You can expend 1 additional stamina die so the creature is staggered instead of not being able to take reactions, but only until the end of its next turn. You can expend 1 additional stamina die so the creature is staggered for the duration.
Incapacitate. You can expend 2 additional stamina die so the creature is incapacitated instead of not being able to take reactions, but only until the end of its next turn.
Stun. You can expend 4 additional stamina die so the creature is stunned instead of not being able to take reactions, but only until the end of its next turn.
As an action, make a weapon attack with a melee weapon that deals bludgeoning damage and then hammer through the target. Each creature within 1 meter of the target and within your weapon’s reach must make a Reflex saving throw.
On a failure, it takes bludgeoning damage equal to the stamina die.
On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.
On a success, it takes half as much damage.
On a critical success, it takes no damage.
Enhance
You can increase the damage for each additional stamina die expended.
As an action, make a melee weapon attack with a melee weapon that deals bludgeoning damage to smash through armor and bone.
On a hit, add the stamina die to the attack’s damage.
On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.
On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.
Treat the target’s soak as being 2 less than normal.
Enhance
You can increase the damage and ignore an additional Soak for each additional stamina die expended.
Elder Mountain Hammer. You can expend 2 additional stamina dice to ignore damage resistances.
As an action, make a melee weapon attack that deals slashing damage to cripple the creature.
On a hit, add the stamina die to the attack’s damage and the creature must succeed on a Fortitude saving throw or it is slowed 1 until the end of its next turn.
On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.
On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.
Enhance
You can increase the damage for each additional stamina die expended and the slowed level by 1 for every two additional stamina die expended.
You can expend 1 additional stamina die so the creature is slowed for 1 minute/stamina die. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
As an action, make a weapon attack to knock the creature back.
On a hit, add the stamina die to the attack’s damage and if the creature is your size or smaller, it must succeed on a Reflex saving throw or you push it 4 meters away from you.
On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.
On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.
Enhance
You can increase the damage, push the creature an additional meter, and target a creature of a larger size for each additional stamina die expended.
As a reaction, which you use when you are hit by a weapon attack that you can see, you can block the blow with a melee weapon you wield. Roll a d3 and add the result to your Defense against the triggering attack. You can do so after the roll but before any effects of the roll occur.
As an action, make a weapon attack with a melee weapon that deals slashing damage and then slice through the target. Each creature within 1 meter of the target and within your weapon’s reach must make a Reflex saving throw.
On a failure, it takes slashing damage equal to the stamina die.
On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.
On a success, it takes half as much damage.
On a critical success, it takes no damage.
Enhance
You can increase the damage for each additional stamina die expended.
As an action, you can use the Dash action. If you move at least 3 meters straight toward a creature, you can make a melee weapon attack against it.
On a hit, add the stamina die to the attack’s damage.
On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.
On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.
Enhance
You can increase the damage for each additional stamina die expended.
Trip
As an action, make a melee weapon attack and a Brawn check to Trip.
Enhance
You can add the stamina die to the attack’s damage (add half on a miss by 4 or less) for each additional stamina die expended.
As an action, make a melee weapon attack with a weapon that you wield in two hands that deals slashing damage and then whirl your weapon around. Each creature within your weapon’s reach must make a Reflex saving throw.
On a failure, it takes slashing damage equal to the stamina die.
On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.
On a success, it takes half as much damage.
On a critical success, it takes no damage.
Enhance
You can increase the damage for each additional stamina die expended.
As an action, make a melee weapon attack with a weapon that deals bludgeoning damage to cause a tremor to ripple out from the creature. Each creature on the ground other than you within 1 meter of the creature must make a Reflex saving throw.
On a failure, a creature is knocked prone.
Enhance
You can add the stamina die as bludgeoning damage if the creature fails the saving throw for each additional stamina die expended.
You can expend 1 additional stamina dice to increase the area to within 2 meters of the creature.